It is claimed that biofuels alone could reduce the ever-growing carbon emissions from the UK transport sector by up to 60%.In the latest budget,the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown set the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation(RTFO)at 2.5% in 2008-2009 and 3.75% in 2009-2010.He also maintained the biofuels duty incentive at 20 pence per litre(p/l)in 2008-2009 and announced that the price paid by fuel suppliers who fail to meet their obligation will be set at 15 p/l.However,these decisions in support of biofuels and the RTFO 'risk failing to deliver significant savings in carbon emissions from transport and undermine the UK's fledgling biofuels industry',according to the Environmental Industries Commission(EIC).
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机译：据称，仅生物燃料一项就可以将英国运输部门不断增长的碳排放量减少多达60％。在最新预算中，英国财政大臣戈登·布朗将可再生运输燃料义务（RTFO）设定为2.5％在2008-2009年和2009-2010年为3.75％。他还在2008-2009年将生物燃料关税激励保持在每升20便士，并宣布未履行义务的燃料供应商将支付的价格为设定为15 p / l。但是，根据环境工业委员会（EIC）的规定，这些支持生物燃料和RTFO的决定“有可能无法从运输中大量节省碳排放并损害英国刚刚起步的生物燃料产业的风险”。
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